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New name: Amanita cetovenori---"the whaler's ringless amanita,"
known from Saddle Island, Red Bay,
Labrador, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) is proposed
provisionally for
one of the collections formerly lumped together under the temporary code
"A. sp-NFL-10." The latter provisional taxon is now applied
to two collections from the Island of Newfoundland and may, again, be
"split."

Other items: Among other recent changes induced by our participation
in the Agaricales Diversification project, we report an albino specimen of
A. fulva.

A new page name: Amanita sp-59 has become
Amanita pseudopenetrans. One of the reasons for using this name is
that, macroscopically, it seems to have some affinity to species of stirps
Penetratrix; however, genetically it is quite distinct from the
Penetratrices and, indeed, from all species of section Vaginatae
that, to date, have sequences posted in GenBank.

New taxa: Two new U.S. species of "series Penetratrices" are
added to the site: Amanita sp-N70, from New York with a gray cap and
a smooth gray stem, and A. sp-WI03 from Wisconsin.

Updated techtabs: Amanita sp-N70 and
Amanita sp-WI03.

29-30 September 2018:

New taxon: Amanita dhakuriana, a species of section
Vaginatae from the northwestern Himalyas in India.
Amanita argenteoalba is a newly described species of section
Lepidella described from the same region.

New taxon page: Amanita sp-LA01 is a new species that
resembles A. rooseveltensis, but is quite distinct on a molecular
basis. The species is represented by a single collection found by
Logan Wiedenfeld under a pecan tree in Baton Rouge (again!).

New taxon pages: A new set of Thai species of Amanita section
Vaginatae are being introduced to the site (with basic publication
data, etc.) on new pages: Amanita brunneoprocera,
A. brunneosquamata, A. brunneoumbonata, A. cinnamomea,
A. flavidocera, A. flavidogrisea, A. luteoparva,
A. suborientifulva, and A. subovalispora.

Updated techtab: Amanita pakimpondensis.

5-7 September 2018

New taxon pages: Many more are coming from very active
Asian laboratories. Here are two added on 5 September:
Amanita brunneoprocera and A. changtuia.
All twelve new taxa of
section Vaginatae from Cui et al. (2018) now have a very basic entry
on this site: A. albidostipes, A. changtuia, A.
chiui, A. griseoumbonata, A. cinctipes,
A. olivaceofusca, A. orienticrocea, A.
pallidozonata, A. retenta, A. shennogjiana,
A. tenuifulva, and A. zonata.
The new species and new combinations at species rank of
section Caesareae from Cui et al. (2018) are as follows:
Amanita alboumbelliformis, A. fuscoflava, A. ochracea
[raised from variety], A. pseudoprinceps, A. rubroflava,
A. squarrosaipes, and A. subhemibapha.

New taxon pages: Amanita sp-N68,
A. sp-S11, A. sp-S12, and
A. sp-S13 are new species of section
Vaginatae distinguished morphologically and/or via molecular
sequencing. The first is due to the continued collecting of
Garrett Taylor. The other apparent novelties come from the
collecting of Geoff Balme in the Raleigh area of
North Carolina.

New taxa: Amanita tullossiana, a new species of [section
Lepidella subect. ] stirps Cinereoconiafrom
northern India is added
to the site. Amanita flavosorora a species of section
Vaginatae with with similarities to species of stirps
Sororcula collected at the NEMF 2018 foray in SW New York State
has also been added.

Notice: We no longer solicit support for this site. The process
became too complex, and we want to focus on the science. We are grateful
for the donations we received. Thank you.

New taxon: A new species of section Phalloideae from New
South Wales, Australia, has been added to the
site—Amanita sp-AUS15. Two new taxa of section Validae
from eastern Australia has been added to the site—A. grisea
sensu A. E. Wood and A. sp-AUS16. According to RET's interpretation of the type, the
true A. grisea can be assigned to section Amidella.

Update brief tab: Amanita mutabilis.

14 July 2018

Updated techtabs: Amanita sp-N46 and A. subglobosa.

20 June 2018

Updated techtab: Amanita microspora.

22 June 2018

Updated brief tab: Amanita coryli.

6-7 June 2018

Updated brief tab: Amanita ochrophylla.

28 May 2018

New stirps and taxonomic moves: The stirps Ovoidea is created and contains
Amanita neoovoidea, A. ovoidea, and A. proxima. This
stirps is segregated from section Amidella and is placed in section
Lepidella. This movement is justifiable on morphological and
molecular grounds. This also results in A. proxima, which contains
allenic norleucine being placed in the same section with stirps
Rhopalopus the three species of which also contain the
nephrotoxin.

14-19 May 2018

Altered hierarchy of section Vaginatae: The effort continues
with focus on species with smaller, rounder spores.

Name change: "Amanita sp-lavendula01" is replaced by a
provisional name "Amanita cornelihybrida."

Updated techtabs: Amanita hahatonka
and A. justicei.

6-8 February 2018

New taxon: An new ringed species of section Vaginatae with a
strobiloid, saccate volva: Amanita griseostrobilacea. Three new
species of section Phalloideae from Australia: A. djarilmari,
A. gardneri, and A. millsii.